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. 2011 Nov 2;6(11):e27001. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027001

Table 1. Morphological measurements.

Species Sample no. FL/TL% PCL/TL% PD/TL% PP1/TL% PP2/TL% PAL/TL% BD/TL% HDL/TL% POB/HDL% ED/HDL%
M. mustelus 1–4, 9, 12–14 85.47±0.37 78.88±0.43 27.66±0.99 18.08±0.94 42.68±1.21 63.93±0.82 7.53±1 19.68±0.88 34.71±1.45 0.99±0.13
M. punctulatus 5–8, 10–11 85.88±0.21 79.31±0.26 28.11±0.34 17.72±0.61 42.87±0.72 63.5±0.87 6.81±0.48 18.82±0.49 37.12±1.14 1.07±0.07
S. acanthias 15–19 87.91±0.9 79.99±1.07 28.52±0.73 19.83±0.9 45.53±0.95 - 8.99±1.06 20.64±0.34 29.71±0.98 1.54±0.13
S. stellaris 20–23 - 78.55±0.49 49.57±0.73 16.79±0.33 42.18±0.5 59.37±0.61 8.14±0.89 18.42±0.67 26.3±1.48 0.72±0.04
S. canicula 24–45 - 78.69±0.97 49.04±0.88 15.54±0.66 38.39±0.96 57.73±1.22 6.82±0.57 16.79±0.65 25.01±2.57 0.69±0.12
S. squatina 46–48 95.17±0.45 84.32±0.54 62.37±0.53 18.57±0.4 38.13 - 7.22±0.26 19.12±0.62 - 4.73±0.45
C. altimus 49–50 80.43 72.87 27.96 19.58 49.75 6.45 13.13 21.75 33.98 8.43
O. centrina 51 - 78.49 22.38 17.21 59.55 - 16.35 17.56 23.53 15.2

Classical taxonomic measurements represented by the mean and standard deviation, except for species represented by fewer than 3 specimens, where only the mean is calculated. Total length (TL), Head length (HDL), Fork length (FL), Precaudal-fin length (PCL), Predorsal-fin length (PD), Prepectoral-fin length (PP1), Prepelvic-fin length (PP2), Preanal-fin length (PAL), Body depth (BD), Head length (HDL), Preorbital length (POB), Eye diameter (ED).